=I have found that scraping the Pierco frame a couple times leaves the
=cell structure filled in.  I Tried melting the wax off in hot water
=but the frame warped.  Does anyone know what the distortion temp
=for the Pierco plastic frames is?  Is there a better way to clean
=down to a clean, thin coating of beeswax?  I don't have a ggod way to
=deliver (that was supposed to be 'good') controlled temperature
=hot water under pressure but this may be the way to do it if the
=distortion temperature is higher than wax melting temperture but unde
=under 212 F.
 
=Oh, if you wind up with a smooth surface with cells filled in, the
=bees will draw drone come right across the frame. or mix and match.
 
I cannot speak from personnal experience about the Pierco frames.  Nevertheless
I heard that the best time to clean them off is when they are frozen.  If you
just bend the frozen frame, holding the endbars with both ends, the comb will
apparently separate easily from the plastic foundation.  The cell structure must
then be left quite clean.
 
I am interested in trying plastic frames myself.  I would like to hear from
people who have been using Pierco frames for a while before I buy thousands of
them.  Does anyone dislike them and why?
 
 
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Jean-Pierre Chapleau
queen breeder                              phone: (819)828-3396
1282, rang 8,                                fax:   (819)828-2248
Saint-Adrien de Ham, QUEBEC
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